Monday, October 20, 2003

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[edit] um, what happened to the rest of my post?

I mentioned about bro coming over and he looks pretty good, all told, and that he's getting work for the season down here.

also some cool links, now lost... and positive reviews of my two new techs. ah well.

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Met the two new Techs today.. onle looks a *lot* like an aged Alanis Morrisette, the other is a young guy, sort of bohemian-spanish.



Browse your referrer logs? Have your own website? Then you're being targeted by Data Shaping Solutions Viral Marketing. Buy a campaign from them, and they'll spoof a referrer to your website so you'll see a clickable link to the customer in your logs. Advantages include not losing your account for being a spammer because the advertising isn't by email, and a robust technique the details of which can only be revealed if you contact them. "More and more people have their personal website with access to daily site statistics. Typically, internet services of any kind are good candidates for this type of advertising."

Sakes. How long before my logs are as full of spam as my inbox? I've seen a few unusual corporate looking sites in there already. Is this form of advertising common? What's worse: Guess where I found the viral marketing link. Standard advertising loop. Find a trusted place; pretend to be part of that place and exploit the trust people have in it; support that medium and make it reliant on advertising; reduce expenditure so that place does nothing but the bare minumum to support advertising; move on to another trusted place.



Wonderful Heavy Rains at 1:30 this morning. Sort of a Shame I knew it was happening, but it did get me to sleep, finally. A pity I had to be back up at 6ish.

I get home, and Bro stopped by my house and left a note on the door...I hope I get a chance to talk to him before he is too far removed for me to do so. I'm concerned about him, and his timing could've been better.

The Fundraiser this weekend did poorly… only drew about 60% of what they were shooting for cash-wise, but that was still a decent haul, considering only 12% of the turnout showed up.


Forensic Art

American Social Hygiene Posters

roman uvula forceps - "A pair of forceps with a scissor action that were used to crush human tissue in the removal of the uvula (tissue at the back of the throat) and hemorrhoids."

human spontaneous involuntary invisibility - "Then there is the case of Melanie in Ventura, California, who became invisible while sitting on her own living room sofa and staring at the wall, lost in her own thoughts. Her husband was walking around the house looking for her but could not see her sitting there, only several feet away from where he was walking. This lasted for approximately ten minutes, then she was suddenly visible again."

anatomic pathology case of the month - "In January 1995, the Department of Pathology began highlighting a new case every month, to be called the Case of the Month. Normally, these are cases of greater than normal clinical interest, cases with unusual symptoms and/or microscopic and gross characteristics, or cases involving rare diseases or conditions."

Custom monopoly *I* can enjoy - Giant Monster Monopoly... and it's free!

Cool b3ta gif of the day-
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